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<< Text Pages >> Altarstein Dransfeld - Rock Art in Germany in Lower Saxony, Bremen

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Rock ArtSite Name: Altarstein Dransfeld
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.151 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: Lower Saxony, Bremen Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Goettingen  Nearest Village: Dransfeld
Latitude: 51.480107N  Longitude: 9.762077E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Cup and Ring marks in Lower Saxony, Bremen

The Altarsteine (altar stones) is a group of big boulders at the Hohe Hagen hill. Some have cup- and other marks on its surface. Archaeologist found artefacts and tool of the palaeolithic and bronze-age. On of the stones was probably a polissoir to sharpen the flintstones.
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Blick nach Westen vom Hohen Hagen
Der Weg ins Licht

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